Slang and Jargon

Buzz

Mo' better Moor

The Shakespeare Festival of Dallas production of Othello cries out for color

Best Coverage by a Graffiti Artist

"Sekt"

The Music

The Music (Capitol)

Lens of Approval

How many drinks does it take to get beer goggles?

Bloomin' Vaqueros

Don your hat and herd the doggies to the Arboretum

Take Stock

Don your hat and herd the doggies to the Arboretum

Zoot Suit Riot

Get down with a pachuco at the LCC

Droog Addicts

Quad C stages an amazing, alarming Clockwork Orange

Bloody Well Right

You better, you Bettany as a harrowing, mod Gangster

The Shins

July 12

Freaks and Geeks

Skip Elsheimer brings selections from his film strip archive

On The Range: Chimichangas

Toasted monkey or [expletive deleted]? These are the two prevailing definitions for the origin of the term chimichanga, that ever-popular fried burrito that has become a staple at Tex-Mex establishments.Chimichangas may have originated as early as the 1940's, when cooks at a bar in Nog ... More >>

Mexicans may be nostalgic for home, but that doesn’t mean they want to live there

Toasted monkey or [expletive deleted]? These are the two prevailing definitions for the origin of the term chimichanga, that ever-popular fried burrito that has become a staple at Tex-Mex establishments.Chimichangas may have originated as early as the 1940's, when cooks at a bar in Nog ... More >>

Forbidden Love?

Toasted monkey or [expletive deleted]? These are the two prevailing definitions for the origin of the term chimichanga, that ever-popular fried burrito that has become a staple at Tex-Mex establishments.Chimichangas may have originated as early as the 1940's, when cooks at a bar in Nog ... More >>

What Is Paint?

Toasted monkey or [expletive deleted]? These are the two prevailing definitions for the origin of the term chimichanga, that ever-popular fried burrito that has become a staple at Tex-Mex establishments.Chimichangas may have originated as early as the 1940's, when cooks at a bar in Nog ... More >>

Going Green

Toasted monkey or [expletive deleted]? These are the two prevailing definitions for the origin of the term chimichanga, that ever-popular fried burrito that has become a staple at Tex-Mex establishments.Chimichangas may have originated as early as the 1940's, when cooks at a bar in Nog ... More >>

What's the Role of Penises in Mexican Insults?

Toasted monkey or [expletive deleted]? These are the two prevailing definitions for the origin of the term chimichanga, that ever-popular fried burrito that has become a staple at Tex-Mex establishments.Chimichangas may have originated as early as the 1940's, when cooks at a bar in Nog ... More >>

Social Studies

Toasted monkey or [expletive deleted]? These are the two prevailing definitions for the origin of the term chimichanga, that ever-popular fried burrito that has become a staple at Tex-Mex establishments.Chimichangas may have originated as early as the 1940's, when cooks at a bar in Nog ... More >>

The Problem With... Outasight's "Tonight Is the Night"

I often wonder how youth culture thinks up slang for something they like. For example, I wonder how the phrase "out of sight" came along. If something is out of your sight, how do you know it's good? I also wonder where this New York musician in business-casual dress and Ray Bans came from. Out ... More >>